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gonesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gone-some
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of gone (“weak; faint; feeling goneness”).

American usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

From gone + -some.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more gonesome (comparative) most gonesome (superlative)

Synonyms

gone

Questions

What does gonesome mean?
Synonym of gone (“weak; faint; feeling goneness”).
Where does gonesome come from?
From gone + -some.

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